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Constituency

181. Sagar

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Madhya Pradesh · India Lok Sabha Election, 1962

IN-SAGAR

INC 48.8%won by 18.0%JS 30.9%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 10.2% to 18.0%.

  • New challengerJS (JS) finished second with 30.9% — it did not contest here in 1957.
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 79.7% of the vote between them, up from 60.3% — a tighter two-way contest.
  • TurnoutTurnout fell 30.9% to 44.1%.

Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.

Electorate
4,28,923
Turnout
44.1%
Valid votes
1,89,214
Margin
34,005
17.97%

Since 1957

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INCJS swing
−17.3%
INC share
35.3% 48.8%
JS share
0.0% 30.9%
Turnout
75.0% 44.1%